Lowest Child Mortality

1.6

Finland in 2019

Highest Total Fertility Rate

16.1

Yemen in 1991

Highest Female Employment Rate

89.2

Burundi in 1991

Child Mortality
Country/area 1999 2019 Absolute Change Relative Change
0 Afghanistan 133 60.1 -72.9 -55.0%
1 Angola 211 74.5 -136.5 -65.0%
2 Albania 27.4 8.68 -18.72 -68.0%
3 Andorra 6.68 2.87 -3.81 -57.0%
4 UAE 11.5 7.37 -4.13 -36.0%
5 Argentina 20.4 9.66 -10.74 -53.0%
6 Armenia 32.3 12.1 -20.2 -63.0%
7 Antigua and Barbuda 16.7 6.25 -10.45 -63.0%
8 Australia 6.31 3.59 -2.72 -43.0%
9 Austria 5.61 3.37 -2.24 -40.0%
10 Azerbaijan 80 20.7 -59.3 -74.0%
11 Burundi 162 56.7 -105.3 -65.0%
12 Belgium 6.06 3.51 -2.55 -42.0%
13 Benin 143 90.9 -52.1 -36.0%
14 Burkina Faso 182 74 -108 -59.0%
15 Bangladesh 92.2 28.9 -63.3 -69.0%
16 Bulgaria 18.2 6.76 -11.44 -63.0%
17 Bahrain 13.2 6.89 -6.31 -48.0%
18 Bahamas 15.9 9.88 -6.02 -38.0%
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.3 5.66 -4.64 -45.0%
20 Belarus 13.7 3.35 -10.35 -76.0%
21 Belize 24.5 12.7 -11.8 -48.0%
22 Bolivia 79.8 26.1 -53.7 -67.0%
23 Brazil 37.1 13.9 -23.2 -63.0%
24 Barbados 15 11.9 -3.1 -21.0%
25 Brunei 10.7 11.3 0.6 6.0%
26 Bhutan 82 28.5 -53.5 -65.0%
27 Botswana 85.1 35.6 -49.5 -58.0%
28 Central African Republic 173 113 -60 -35.0%
29 Canada 6.27 4.94 -1.33 -21.0%
30 Switzerland 5.73 4.01 -1.72 -30.0%
31 Chile 11.5 7.03 -4.47 -39.0%
32 China 39.2 8.34 -30.86 -79.0%
33 Cote d’Ivoire 148 78.9 -69.1 -47.0%
34 Cameroon 152 73.9 -78.1 -51.0%
35 Congo, Dem. Rep. 165 86.2 -78.8 -48.0%
36 Congo, Rep. 115 48.7 -66.3 -58.0%
37 Colombia 25.8 13.8 -12 -47.0%
38 Comoros 102 66.2 -35.8 -35.0%
39 Cape Verde 40 18.8 -21.2 -53.0%
40 Costa Rica 13.8 8.47 -5.33 -39.0%
41 Cuba 8.9 4.9 -4 -45.0%
42 Cyprus 7.05 2.3 -4.75 -67.0%
43 Czech Republic 5.84 3.29 -2.55 -44.0%
44 Germany 5.52 3.46 -2.06 -37.0%
45 Djibouti 103 55.5 -47.5 -46.0%
46 Dominica 14.9 34.9 20 134.0%
47 Denmark 5.62 4.1 -1.52 -27.0%
48 Dominican Republic 42.2 28.3 -13.9 -33.0%
49 Algeria 40.3 22.8 -17.5 -43.0%
50 Ecuador 30.9 13.9 -17 -55.0%
51 Egypt 49.8 20.5 -29.3 -59.0%
52 Eritrea 90.1 39.8 -50.3 -56.0%
53 Spain 5.62 2.93 -2.69 -48.0%
54 Estonia 11.9 2.5 -9.4 -79.0%
55 Ethiopia 148 53 -95 -64.0%
56 Finland 4.41 1.63 -2.78 -63.0%
57 Fiji 23 25.3 2.3 10.0%
58 France 5.5 3.94 -1.56 -28.0%
59 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 54.5 30 -24.5 -45.0%
60 Gabon 86 43.5 -42.5 -49.0%
61 UK 6.65 4.24 -2.41 -36.0%
62 Georgia 39 9.37 -29.63 -76.0%
63 Ghana 103 46.2 -56.8 -55.0%
64 Guinea 174 97.3 -76.7 -44.0%
65 Gambia 119 56.8 -62.2 -52.0%
66 Guinea-Bissau 180 79.1 -100.9 -56.0%
67 Equatorial Guinea 161 83.1 -77.9 -48.0%
68 Greece 6.86 4.37 -2.49 -36.0%
69 Grenada 15.9 15.2 -0.7 -4.0%
70 Guatemala 53.9 25.2 -28.7 -53.0%
71 Guyana 47.8 29.3 -18.5 -39.0%
72 Hong Kong, China 4.4 2.02 -2.38 -54.0%
73 Honduras 38.9 17.1 -21.8 -56.0%
74 Holy See 39.4 18.6 -20.8 -53.0%
75 Croatia 8.62 4.57 -4.05 -47.0%
76 Haiti 107 63.1 -43.9 -41.0%
77 Hungary 10.7 4.12 -6.58 -61.0%
78 Indonesia 54.9 24.1 -30.8 -56.0%
79 India 95.2 35.2 -60 -63.0%
80 Ireland 7.29 3.42 -3.87 -53.0%
81 Iran 36.2 13.9 -22.3 -62.0%
82 Iraq 45.2 25.9 -19.3 -43.0%
83 Iceland 4.26 1.92 -2.34 -55.0%
84 Israel 7.17 3.58 -3.59 -50.0%
85 Italy 5.87 2.93 -2.94 -50.0%
86 Jamaica 22.9 14.1 -8.8 -38.0%
87 Jordan 27.8 15.7 -12.1 -44.0%
88 Japan 4.73 2.41 -2.32 -49.0%
89 Kazakhstan 45.3 9.28 -36.02 -80.0%
90 Kenya 110 39.8 -70.2 -64.0%
91 Kyrgyz Republic 52.1 18.4 -33.7 -65.0%
92 Cambodia 114 27 -87 -76.0%
93 Kiribati 73.4 51 -22.4 -31.0%
94 St. Kitts and Nevis 24.5 11.4 -13.1 -53.0%
95 South Korea 7.91 3.03 -4.88 -62.0%
96 Kuwait 12.7 7.63 -5.07 -40.0%
97 Lao 111 45.5 -65.5 -59.0%
98 Lebanon 21 7.39 -13.61 -65.0%
99 Liberia 199 69 -130 -65.0%
100 Libya 29 11.6 -17.4 -60.0%
101 St. Lucia 18.1 16.3 -1.8 -10.0%
102 Liechtenstein 12.2 6.03 -6.17 -51.0%
103 Sri Lanka 17.1 7.2 -9.9 -58.0%
104 Lesotho 115 78.5 -36.5 -32.0%
105 Lithuania 11.2 3.95 -7.25 -65.0%
106 Luxembourg 5.05 2.36 -2.69 -53.0%
107 Latvia 15.3 3.74 -11.56 -76.0%
108 Morocco 51.7 21.5 -30.2 -58.0%
109 Monaco 5.34 3.09 -2.25 -42.0%
110 Moldova 34.1 15.3 -18.8 -55.0%
111 Madagascar 113 51.1 -61.9 -55.0%
112 Maldives 43.8 8.24 -35.56 -81.0%
113 Mexico 27.9 12.5 -15.4 -55.0%
114 Marshall Islands 40.7 32.2 -8.5 -21.0%
115 North Macedonia 17.1 9.86 -7.24 -42.0%
116 Mali 194 95 -99 -51.0%
117 Malta 7.88 6.81 -1.07 -14.0%
118 Myanmar 91.5 44.9 -46.6 -51.0%
119 Montenegro 14.6 2.45 -12.15 -83.0%
120 Mongolia 68.6 15.7 -52.9 -77.0%
121 Mozambique 181 70.6 -110.4 -61.0%
122 Mauritania 114 73.8 -40.2 -35.0%
123 Mauritius 20.2 15.1 -5.1 -25.0%
124 Malawi 183 47.3 -135.7 -74.0%
125 Malaysia 11 7.58 -3.42 -31.0%
126 Namibia 76.2 38.2 -38 -50.0%
127 Niger 235 80.5 -154.5 -66.0%
128 Nigeria 190 117 -73 -38.0%
129 Nicaragua 39 17.9 -21.1 -54.0%
130 Netherlands 6.3 3.68 -2.62 -42.0%
131 Norway 4.98 2.45 -2.53 -51.0%
132 Nepal 85.8 31 -54.8 -64.0%
133 Nauru 42.9 31.6 -11.3 -26.0%
134 New Zealand 7.6 5.61 -1.99 -26.0%
135 Oman 17.6 10.9 -6.7 -38.0%
136 Pakistan 115 67.9 -47.1 -41.0%
137 Panama 26.4 14.9 -11.5 -44.0%
138 Peru 41.9 13.9 -28 -67.0%
139 Philippines 38.6 27.8 -10.8 -28.0%
140 Palau 29.4 17.4 -12 -41.0%
141 Papua New Guinea 73.8 46.4 -27.4 -37.0%
142 Poland 9.99 4.27 -5.72 -57.0%
143 North Korea 67.4 17.4 -50 -74.0%
144 Portugal 7.7 3.61 -4.09 -53.0%
145 Paraguay 34.5 19.8 -14.7 -43.0%
146 Palestine 31 19.8 -11.2 -36.0%
147 Qatar 12.9 6.66 -6.24 -48.0%
148 Romania 23.1 7.07 -16.03 -69.0%
149 Russia 20.1 6.81 -13.29 -66.0%
150 Rwanda 191 33.6 -157.4 -82.0%
151 Saudi Arabia 23.5 6.75 -16.75 -71.0%
152 Sudan 108 59.1 -48.9 -45.0%
153 Senegal 136 42 -94 -69.0%
154 Singapore 4.12 2.7 -1.42 -34.0%
155 Solomon Islands 31 19.5 -11.5 -37.0%
156 Sierra Leone 239 102 -137 -57.0%
157 El Salvador 34.8 13.1 -21.7 -62.0%
158 San Marino 6.55 1.93 -4.62 -71.0%
159 Somalia 172 119 -53 -31.0%
160 Serbia 13.2 5.34 -7.86 -60.0%
161 South Sudan 192 97.6 -94.4 -49.0%
162 Sao Tome and Principe 89.3 30.2 -59.1 -66.0%
163 Suriname 35.7 18.4 -17.3 -48.0%
164 Slovak Republic 10.2 5.42 -4.78 -47.0%
165 Slovenia 5.83 2.1 -3.73 -64.0%
166 Sweden 4.14 2.62 -1.52 -37.0%
167 Eswatini 121 52.5 -68.5 -57.0%
168 Seychelles 13.7 14.2 0.5 4.0%
169 Syria 24.6 15.8 -8.8 -36.0%
170 Chad 189 117 -72 -38.0%
171 Togo 123 68 -55 -45.0%
172 Thailand 23 8.77 -14.23 -62.0%
173 Tajikistan 90.4 33.6 -56.8 -63.0%
174 Turkmenistan 83.1 45.1 -38 -46.0%
175 Timor-Leste 114 44.2 -69.8 -61.0%
176 Tonga 17.9 15.2 -2.7 -15.0%
177 Trinidad and Tobago 28.7 17.9 -10.8 -38.0%
178 Tunisia 32.3 16.5 -15.8 -49.0%
179 Turkey 40.9 10.1 -30.8 -75.0%
180 Tuvalu 42.6 23.9 -18.7 -44.0%
181 Taiwan 9.07 4.44 -4.63 -51.0%
182 Tanzania 137 51.3 -85.7 -63.0%
183 Uganda 154 44.6 -109.4 -71.0%
184 Ukraine 19.2 8.46 -10.74 -56.0%
185 Uruguay 17.6 7.38 -10.22 -58.0%
186 USA 8.59 6.58 -2.01 -23.0%
187 Uzbekistan 65.2 20.8 -44.4 -68.0%
188 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 22.6 15.9 -6.7 -30.0%
189 Venezuela 27.5 25.3 -2.2 -8.0%
190 Vietnam 31.4 20.4 -11 -35.0%
191 Vanuatu 29 25.7 -3.3 -11.0%
192 Samoa 21.9 15.4 -6.5 -30.0%
193 Yemen 99.3 54.9 -44.4 -45.0%
194 South Africa 71.7 32.9 -38.8 -54.0%
195 Zambia 169 56.1 -112.9 -67.0%
196 Zimbabwe 105 44.4 -60.6 -58.0%

The chart highlights clear disparities between continents in child mortality rates, with developed regions (Europe, Asia, Oceania) showing significantly lower rates compared to developing regions (America and Africa).

This data underscores the importance of healthcare infrastructure, economic development, and public health initiatives in reducing child mortality rates. Finland having the lowest child mortality rate among all continents, with a value close to 1. This suggests excellent healthcare systems and child welfare practices in the country. In contrast, Libya has the highest child mortality rate among the listed continents, with a value significantly higher than the rest. This reflects disparities in healthcare access, infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions in the African region.

There is a clear divide between continents with higher fertility rates (Africa and Oceania) and those with lower rates (Europe, America, and parts of Asia). The data reflects varying levels of development, healthcare access, education, and cultural norms influencing fertility rates worldwide.

For 2018 Africa and Oceania have relatively high upper bounds for female employment rates compared to other continents. In contrast, Asia has the lowest minimum values, indicating that some countries have significantly low participation rates.

Africa exhibits the widest range of female employment rates, reflecting significant variability between countries on this continent. However, it also has the highest median, suggesting that most countries in Africa have a relatively high rate of female employment compared to other continents.

Asia also shows a broad range, with some countries having very low employment rates and others quite high. On the other hand, Europe, America, and Oceania demonstrate relatively smaller ranges, indicating more consistency within these continents. Furthermore, Europe and America have lower medians compared to Africa and Oceania, reflecting a slightly lower overall female employment rate.

Child mortality, total fertility and employment rate Dataset (1991 to 2019)
Country/area Country Code Continent Year Child Mortality Fertility Rate Employment Rate employ_group
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The data used for this PBB’s capstone project was obtained from Gapminder’s data repository. Three indicators were selected for analysis namely; “child mortality”, “total fertilty rate”, and “female employment rate”.

Total fertility rate is the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Child mortality is for 0 to 5 year olds dying per 1000 born. Female employment rate the percentage of female population, age group 15+, that has been employed during the given year.

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